New Left Review I/5, September-October 1960
Michael Kaye
The New Drama
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francois villon—that mad fifteenth century Frenchman—concludes his Brechtian Ballad, Counter-Truths, with the verse:
You want the truth from me?
There is no joy save in illness
Nor truth in literature save tragedy
Nor cowardice save in being a gentleman
Nor sound more horrible than melody
Nor wisdom save in the folly of lovers.
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